[brlug-general] [brlug-newbies] Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux

[Mathew Branyon]

Posted to General because its good news :)

Here is the news straight from Dell's mouth:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/ideastorm/ideasinaction?c=us&l=en&s=gen

Here is Dell's pledge to GPL drivers.
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/03/28/9655.aspx

I really like the fact that they finally put up a user poll to see if
people were ready for this.

I also think a major factor was that people said they'd be fine with
community support (which of course works faster than any support I've
ever paid for in the past).

EdsLinuxBox wrote:
> >From the BBC News: 
>
> "Computer giant Dell will start to sell PCs preinstalled with open source 
> Linux operating systems, the firm has said."
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
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